Bear Bottoms wrote:
> ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in news:f4-
> dnRYYe5ryFIHTnZ2dnUVZ7oGdnZ2d@bt.com:

>> One of the things which puzzled me, once before, was this item from the
>> Malwarebytes payment site:-
>>
>> "Includes 2.61 VAT (19% on 13.72)"
>>
>> VAT has *never* been levied at 19% in the UK!
>>
>> Can you explain to me why Malwarebytes conducts its financial business
>> in Europe proper when they are actually USA based (I think!)? I'm
>> interested because, as many folk know, I was an Independent Financial
>> Adviser after my career in the Royal Navy.
>>
>> FYI, VAT rates are published here:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...alue_Added_Tax
>
> I'll ask Hummer. He knows UK taxes.


This question has nothing to do with UK taxes, BB!

It is about why a US firm levies payment for it's product in Germany.
(thus making the payment liable to Value Added Tax (VAT))